Fractured Soul by Rachel McClellan

Author:Rachel McClellan [McClellan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-02-11T23:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-ONE

I stayed in my room the rest of the day, trying to figure out what had happened in Cyrus’s office. I kept going over the events in my head, tried to slow them down, hoping to find an answer. The more I thought about it, the more I knew there had been a Vyken in that room. But was it really Cyrus?

A knock at the door made me sit up. I went to it and opened it just barely. My heart lifted a little when I saw May. “Hey, come on in,” I said.

May walked in, holding a lunch bag, and closed the door. “You look like crap,” she said.

I puffed my cheeks and blew out air. “Rough day, for sure.”

“Maybe this will help.” She handed me the bag. It smelled like a turkey sandwich.

“Thanks,” I said.

“So about earlier, with Ashlyn. Sorry she was so rude. I let her have it after you left.”

“You didn’t need to do that.”

“Of course I did. You’re my best friend, Llona.”

I looked at her, thinking. Enough was enough. She needed to know what was going on, most of it anyway.

“What?” she said.

“We need to talk.” I paused “And not just you. Let’s get Kiera and Tessa too.”

“Like a meeting?”

“Yes, an important one. The one I talked about before the dance.”

She nodded as if she’d been waiting for this. “I’ll go find Kiera, and I just saw Tessa downstairs.”

“Cool. I have something to show you guys.”

Ten minutes later all four of us were in my bedroom. I closed the curtains to give us more privacy even though we were several stories up.

“This is a little weird,” Kiera said, looking around suspiciously.

“Just wait,” I said. “It’s about to get weirder. Have a seat.”

Tessa sat on the floor, joining the others. “Does this have anything to do with what happened earlier today?”

“Yes, and there’s more.”

“What are you guys talking about?” May asked.

I sighed. “There’s something going on at this school.”

“Like what?” Kiera asked.

I reached into my backpack and pulled out Britt’s diary. “It starts with this.”

“What is it?” May said, taking it from my hands.

“It’s a diary. I found it hidden behind a brick in the closet.”

“Whose?” May and Kiera said at the same time.

I looked at Tessa. “Britt’s.”

Tessa shook her head. “I don’t think you should be reading that.”

“Maybe I shouldn’t have, but I’m glad I did.”

“Wait,” May said, “who’s Britt?”

I glanced at Kiera. She looked pale. “I knew her a little,” she said. “Britt used to be in Llona’s room.” Kiera brought her knees to her chest, her arms wrapped tightly around them.

“Where is she now?” May asked.

Kiera looked beyond me. “She died.”

May gasped. “How?”

Again I waited for Kiera to answer.

“Nobody knows. They found her in her room.”

“In this room?” May clarified.

“Yes.”

May turned to me. “That explains all the ghost jokes then.”

“Did you know her very well?” I asked Kiera.

“No, not really. I mean, she was nice and all, but toward the end she started getting in trouble a lot, even causing fights. I thought

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